G'N'R to finally release album

Guns N' Roses bassist Tommy Stinson has stunned fans by promising the long-delayed follow-up album to 1993's Spaghetti Incident will finally be released this year to proceed a European tour.

The rockers' only original bandmember Axl Rose has been the focus of numerous reports into his reclusive existence and his perfectionist approach to the still-unheard Chinese Democracy disc, which was initially due for release in the late '90s.